Lexington may Ban Aerial Fireworks

Neighborhood-level fireworks found new life in Lexington based on a 2011 ordinance, but they now face a possible ban.

Charles Bertram/Lexington Herald-Leader

It's more than seven weeks after July 4, and periodically, when the sun goes down, the Bluegrass still goes boom. That's why a committee of Lexington's Urban County Council passed a proposal to ban the purchase and detonation of aerial fireworks including bottle rockets, mortars and loud firecracker explosives.